agnate
/ˈæɡneɪt/
agnate noun: a relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Noun
agnate (plural agnates)
- A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
- Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.2013, John Middleton, E. H. Winter, Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa, page 203
- Any paternal male relative.
- A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
Adjective
agnate (comparative more agnate, superlative most agnate)
- Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
- allied; akin
- Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Florentine, English Visitor, and Landor”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume V (second series, volume II), London: James Duncan, […], →OCLC
- Having a similar semantic meaning.
- [...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses.2013, Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor, The Functional Analysis of English
agnate meaning in Tamil and Urdu
agnate in Tamil
- ஆண் வழியினர்
agnate in Urdu
- ایک دادا کی اولاد, ہم جَدّ, ہم نسب, ہم قبیلہ, دَدھیالی عزیز, جَدّی رِشتَہ دار
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Forms of agnate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | agnates |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more agnate |
| superlative | most agnate |
Origin of agnate
Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).
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Questions about agnate
- What does agnate mean?
- Agnate means a relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- What is agnate in Tamil?
- Agnate in Tamil is ஆண் வழியினர். See Agnate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agnate?
- Agnate can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce agnate?
- Agnate is pronounced /ˈæɡneɪt/.
- What is the plural of agnate?
- The plural of agnate is agnates.
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